Another interesting boat or two

[Ray T]

 

Edited June 2, 2023 by Ray T

[Rob-M]

Just watched that as it popped up on my YouTube feed.

[system 4-50]

Rivet 5000? No, it should have been called Ferric.

[Ogwr]

It was named before the Ferrous was built unfortunately for the chemist's

[Heartland]

It must be a valency question for Fe

 

[BoatinglifeupNorth]

What an interesting clever guy and probably all build without any modern CAD, hats off to him👍

[Captain Pegg]

I had a good chat with Edwin before I set off from Hawne basin last Thursday on my way north. He likes a chat.

 

He said that he designed Ferrous to sit level in the water but when he took her out for sea trials on the Dudley No 2 Sea Canal it displayed a tendency to nose dive which reduced the speed. After tests he found that ballasted for a 2" higher bow than stern produced the fastest speed and it was 0.25mph faster than his original design.

 

In relation to my plans he also told me had single handed Ferrous over all three trans-Pennine routes and the Huddersfield was the easiest, but he's had to give up single handing because he turns 80 this year.

 

He still put in a very credible effort on the BCN Challenge, albeit with his mates.

Edited June 6, 2023 by Captain Pegg

[Rob-M]

20 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

with his mates

The mates who were working him down Factory locks didn't look very youthful, I thought they were probably older than Edwin.

[Rob-M]

A follow up video